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natively compiling ffmpeg, mplayer, mencoder on MacOS Lion (with x264!)

OK, I’ve revamped my script to compile these tools: ffmpeg ffrobe qt-faststart mplayer mencoder on MacOS Lion, using the heads of the trees, with direct encoding support for: x264 vpx / WebM http://www.archive.org/~tracey/downloads/macff.sh.txt A nice recent update to ffmpeg is … Continue reading

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natively compiling ffmpeg, x264, mplayer on mac (with builtin x264 and webm encoding)

i’m very pleased that after years of hacks here and there, all three heads of the current codebases pretty well build natively on mac (snow leopard) for x264 ffmpeg mplayer here, i’m making sure that i compile in static version … Continue reading

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Star Wars re-remastered to high quality 1977 version!

So I wanted to sit down in my updated home theatre and watch one of my favorite films, “Star Wars”. Problem is, I have two versions on DVD, and neither are ideal. The 2004 DVD version has remastered audio and … Continue reading

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ffmpeg for time-lapse, sets of images, and even *archiving*!

I now use the FFMPEG package compiled locally on my Mac Leopard laptop. If you want to take a bunch of JPEG images, you can turn them into a “motion JPEG” AVI video file (which is ideal for time-lapse). What’s … Continue reading

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ffmpeg building on mac intel/x386

ffmpeg v0.5 just came out. it’s the bomb. it’s got tons of fixes and massive amounts of new codecs that it can read. for example, it can now decode my professional filmmaker brother’s “DVC ProHD” highly proprietary (and massive bitrate!) … Continue reading

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